Wabuchi Station

Wabuchi 和渕
Wabuchi Station in July 2009
Location	Wabuchi-aze Shimizu 123, Ishinomaki, Miyagi （宮城県石巻市和渕字清水123） Japan
Operated by	JR East
Line(s)	Kesennuma Line
History
Opened	1968

Wabuchi Station (和渕駅, Wabuchi-eki) is a JR East railway station located in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

Lines

Wabuchi Station is served by the Kesennuma Line, and is located 3.2 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Maeyachi Station.

Station layout

Wabuchi Station has a single side platform serving bi-directional traffic. The station is unattended.

Adjacent stations

«		Service	»
Kesennuma Line
Maeyachi		-	Nonodake

History

Wabuchi Station opened on 24 October 1968. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987.

Surrounding area

Miyagi Prefectural Road 21
Wabuchi Post Office

External links

Media related to Wabuchi Station at Wikimedia Commons

JR East Station information (Japanese)
"JR気仙沼線【前面展望９】陸前豊里⇒前谷地" (video). YouTube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-26. video of a train trip from Rikuzen-Toyosato Station to Maeyachi Station in 2009, passing Nonodake Station at around 03:35 minutes and Wabuchi Station at around 05:48 minutes, without stopping.

Stations of the Kesennuma Line

(Stations in italics were formerly on the section destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and are currently served by a Bus Rapid Transit line.)

Coordinates: 38°31′33″N 141°13′14″E / 38.525849°N 141.220458°E / 38.525849; 141.220458

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